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Cisco Duo

Overview

What is Cisco Duo?

Cisco Duo is a two-factor authentication system (2FA), acquired by Cisco in October 2018. It provides single sign-on (SSO) and endpoint visibility, as well as access controls and policy controlled adaptive authentication.

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Recent Reviews

Cisco Duo 2FA

8 out of 10
February 09, 2024
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For two factor authentication, it provides an easy way for users to authenticate. It can be used per app on the phones so it is also easy …
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We love Cisco Duo!

10 out of 10
February 07, 2024
Incentivized
We used Cisco duo for 3 years now, and we are very satisfied with this product. Our organization faced brute force attacks and we really …
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Great App

10 out of 10
February 06, 2024
Incentivized
We use it daily for our work log ins, especially for the first time log in. For VPN we need to use it each time. Sometimes, I have a …
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Awards

Products that are considered exceptional by their customers based on a variety of criteria win TrustRadius awards. Learn more about the types of TrustRadius awards to make the best purchase decision. More about TrustRadius Awards

Reviewer Pros & Cons

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Video Reviews

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Cisco Review - Secure Access Helps Meet Company Cyber Security Requirements
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Cisco Secure Access Review: Allows Company Peace of Mind With Protection
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Cisco Secure Access by Duo Review: Used As A Simple Tool To Provide Safe Access to Accounts
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Pricing

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Duo Essentials

$3

Cloud
per month per user

Duo Advantage

$6

Cloud
per month per user

Duo Premier

$9

Cloud
per month per user

Entry-level set up fee?

  • No setup fee
For the latest information on pricing, visithttps://duo.com/pricing?utm_source=trus…

Offerings

  • Free Trial
  • Free/Freemium Version
  • Premium Consulting/Integration Services

Starting price (does not include set up fee)

  • $3 per month per user
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Product Details

What is Cisco Duo?

Cisco Duo is a solution to protect applications by using a second source of validation, like a phone or token, to verify user identity before granting access. Cisco Duo is engineered to provide a simple, streamlined login experience for every user and application, and as a cloud-based solution, it integrates with existing technology


Editions

Duo Essentials
A full-featured access management solution that includes strong Multi-factor Authentication (MFA), Passwordless, Single Sign-On (SSO) and Trusted Endpoints verification for every organization. It serves as a cloud-based two-factor authentication and multi-factor authentication solution that can be used to secure access to unlimited applications at no additional cost to ensure security coverage as the organization’s application inventory grows.

Duo Essentials Includes:
  • MFA (Flexible options including FIDO2 and Verified Duo Push)
  • Single Sign-On
  • Passwordless Authentication (Using FIDO2 or Duo Mobile)
  • Trusted Endpoints Verification
  • Device Visibility
  • Authorized Networks
  • Unlimited Application Integrations
  • User Group Policies


Duo Advantage
Added security, with adaptive and risk-based authentication policies, device health checks and machine learning-driven attack detection. Duo Advantage provides organizations with stronger, multi-layered defenses with capabilities designed to improve security for organizations and enables higher productivity for administrators and end-users.

Duo Advantage builds upon the Duo Essentials suite capabilities and adds:
  • Risk-Based Authentication
  • Device Health Checks
  • Adaptive Access Policies
  • Machine-Learning driven Threat Detection
  • Full-Featured Dashboards with Comprehensive Reporting


Duo Premier
A complete access management suite with VPN-less remote access. Duo Premier expands on Duo’s rigid security access solutions to cover private resources and private applications. Duo Premier gives access to all of the capabilities provided by Duo Essentials and Duo Advantage plus VPN-less remote access with the Duo Network Gateway.

Duo Premier protects organization with all of Cisco Duo's offerings, including:

  • Multi-factor authentication (MFA) with Duo Verified Push and FIDO2 support
  • Single Sign-On
  • Trusted Endpoints Verification
  • Passwordless Authentication
  • Device Visibility
  • Unlimited Application integrations
  • Risk-Based Authentication
  • Device Health Checks
  • Adaptive Access Policies
  • Machine-Learning Driven Threat Detection
  • Full-Featured Dashboards and Comprehensive Reporting
  • VPN-less Secure Remote Access
  • Endpoint Protection Check



Cisco Duo Technical Details

Deployment TypesSoftware as a Service (SaaS), Cloud, or Web-Based
Operating SystemsUnspecified
Mobile ApplicationNo

Frequently Asked Questions

Cisco Duo is a two-factor authentication system (2FA), acquired by Cisco in October 2018. It provides single sign-on (SSO) and endpoint visibility, as well as access controls and policy controlled adaptive authentication.

Cisco Duo starts at $3.

Google Authenticator, WatchGuard AuthPoint, and The Okta Identity Cloud are common alternatives for Cisco Duo.

Reviewers rate Availability highest, with a score of 9.8.

The most common users of Cisco Duo are from Mid-sized Companies (51-1,000 employees).
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Reviews and Ratings

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Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
We use Cisco Duo for MFA of Active Directory and other software/services that are used within the company. It allows us to require MFA for our servers, endpoints, and a variety of other platforms that we deem necessary to have MFA.
Jared Miller | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
ResellerIncentivized
Duo Security acts as the MFA piece of our security offering to our clients. As a third-party authentication platform and vendor, Duo is capable of catering to a far broader audience in terms of what is protected, and how. We leverage Duo internally and across all clients who have MFA needs.
February 12, 2024

Cisco Duo

Peter Plocher | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
ResellerIncentivized
Increasing security with two factor authentication and removing the use of private authenticators (Google Authenticator) from users for websites or applications where authentication with 2 factors is enforced. In combination and with integration into our password Management Tool we were able to reduce the need of assistance from IT staff in this process.
February 07, 2024

We love Cisco Duo!

Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
We used Cisco duo for 3 years now, and we are very satisfied with this product. Our organization faced brute force attacks and we really needed a security product to solve that problem. We did a internet search and we found about about Cisco Duo. It was really simple to install it, but working with the users and educate them in how to use it was not that easy. Now we are set, everyone is already used to this product and we are eager to renew our license.
February 06, 2024

Great App

Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
We use it daily for our work log ins, especially for the first time log in. For VPN we need to use it each time. Sometimes, I have a problem that there is a slight bug when I can't press the confirm button or approve button. Then I need to repeat the whole process and do it again.
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Duo is being used for Multi Factor Authentication (MFA). Initially just for our VPN connection, to ensure all remote workers had MFA (for PCI DSS compliance), however the tool is so easy from a user point of view, when we had to find a solution for applying Multi Factor Authentication (MFA) to Outlook Web Access (OWA) it was our first choice. Configuring in Microsoft Exchange was very simple. General user support, setting up new devices, migrating users (who have a new phone) is painless. It also provides options, so if push notifications don't work, or just because a users has a preference, you can receive phone call authentication - great feature which means you can have a landline as a backup. It also can authenticate by traditional Time based One time password (TOTP). Flexible, robust, user friendly, easy to support.
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Cisco Duo is a tool used for our customers that is market-leading in helping employees achieve daily security goals. It’s a great user-friendly tool that integrates well with other technologies to help provide a secure platform.
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Duo Security is a simple low friction way to solve the problem of compromised accounts. At our organization, we had dozens and dozens of these. Users would fall for a phish and surrender their passwords. The hackers would then have access to their accounts to use them for their own purposes. Duo solved that problem. Even if the users gave away their passwords, the 2fa solution prevented hackers from accessing their accounts. It is amazing how painless it has been to implement it. So much so that we're moving toward rolling it out for students as well.
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
ResellerIncentivized
We utilize Cisco Secure Access by Duo to protect our windows logins, remote access logins, administrative logins, Remote Desktop logins, and VPN logins for ourselves and our clients. Many of our clients are Automotive Dealerships, and Cisco Secure Access by Duo allows us to protect almost all of our important logins for ourselves and our clients and gives us the ability to satisfy the requirements of the new Federal Safeguard regulations.
January 29, 2024

Amazing security product

Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Duo 2FA has been the best feature that we've implemented throughout the company. We can secure connections easily and with Duo Push as well as manage end-user access very easily. Duo Mobile provides 2nd Form Factor authentication in a variety of ways so it can be very flexible. Using an app on the phone, you can receive push notifications, you can receive a call from the system, or you can receive a text. Integration with the various systems was straightforward and simple for the most part. Knowing that a bad actor now has to not only steal credentials but obtain the user's mobile device information gives me a sense that we've done all we can realistically do. User enrollment and management is a breeze. And the best news, it's affordable protection.
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
ResellerIncentivized
Duo / Cisco Secure Access, by Duo is our primary solution for managed service clients, as well as, our internal organization. The platform allows for central management of the application, integration with other cloud services for authentication, user device policies, and push notifications. We needed increased security within our organization, and Duo / Cisco Secure Access, by Duo was precisely what we needed.
Dave King | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
We use Duo Security for our remote access workers. We implemented Duo to comply with our cybersecurity initiatives. We plan to utilize it for more of our Cloud based apps. Currently it is implemented on our VDI Environment.
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
We utilize Duo Secure Access for Multi-Factor Authentication to both our SSL VPN as well as remote access to servers, including RDP access to our Windows servers and SSH access to our Linux servers. One of the best things you can do to protect your organization is to implement MFA and Duo has satisfied that need.
December 06, 2023

Cisco Duo review

Score 7 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Cisco Duo is utilized by System Administrators of the the Pilatus Pilot Training System environment, providing 2FA when logging into servers with an Administrator Account. When an admin enters their credentials to authenticate to a server, the Cisco Duo app on the phone prompts the user to validate for approval before providing access to the server.
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
We use Cisco Secure Access by Duo for being able to track Active Directory Logins. We are able to see when users logged in and from where. We can maintain cyber security compliance, and use this with all of our user accounts.
September 09, 2023

Amazingly Compact 2FA Tool

Itumeleng Thekiso | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
I primarily use and manage Cisco Secure Access by Duo users in my organization. I use it mainly to create Duo profiles in the Duo management console and to add their mobile phones and sync them to the AD within the Duo console. The primary use for Cisco Secure Access by Duo within our organization is to help authenticate users trying to gain access to Fortna resources. Cisco Secure Access by Duo has drastically enhanced our security footprint within the organization.
July 28, 2023

Duo Security

Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Duo has helped solved our issues with compromised accounts. This implementation has been key in improving security measures here. My only issue is that we did not do it sooner. I would recommend this to anyone who needs to protect user accounts on additional levels and would look to use it again.
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